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Old Fernandina, Florida

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fernandina Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32034. It stands on Egans Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fernandina Beach quadrangle.

Old Fernandina within Nassau County

Then and now

1919 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Old Fernandina, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Old Fernandina, surveyed 1919

Compare 1919 against another survey:

On record in Old Fernandina

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

24 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Old Fernandina between 1992 and 2019, burning about 38 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural13
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 August 2014Naturalunder an acreCumberland Island National SeashoreWELL HOUSE
2 August 1993Naturalunder an acreCumberland Island National SeashoreWOODSHED
31 July 1999Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 July 2011Naturalunder an acreCumberland Island National SeashoreTORTOISE
25 July 1994Natural10 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 1992Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 July 2016Naturalunder an acreCumberland Island National SeashoreNATURAL OUT #2
14 July 2004Naturalunder an acreCumberland Island National SeashoreTHOMAS OAK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nassau County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Fernandina Beach1.5 miles22
Glenwood4.4 miles23
Chester4.7 miles23
O'Neil6.0 miles22
Amelia City6.9 miles21
American Beach7.9 miles21
Nassauville9.0 miles22
Yulee9.1 miles23

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122542387The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 288091. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.